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Computing Thoughts
Personal blog · bruceeckel.comprogramming
Computing Thoughts is a personal blog at bruceeckel.com about programming. Since 2019, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Python Extensions with Rust and Go”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Bruce Eckel's blog on learning complex tools and languages, including Scala, the Gradle documentation, and how to learn things quickly. One commenter lists it among favourite blogs.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Python Extensions with Rust and Go4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-11-23
- The Problem with Gradle4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-01-07
What Hacker News says?
Yeah, I was also excited about Scala. Went to a conference in 2010; eventually took the Odersky course and tried it for some personal projects. I ended up abandoning it, and for me Bruce Eckels captured a big part of why, talking about it as a "landscape of cliffs". [1] Every time I thought I knew what was going on, I tripped over something and ended up in a chasm. With much study and effort I could dig myself out o…
Comment linking /2015/08/29/what-i-do/
on “What's Next for Scala”Submitted The Problem with Gradle as a story · 269 points
HN discussion> go and find the official documentation for X and RTFM. Yes and no. The official documentation can be obtuse and bad for new learners. (I'm looking at you, gradle[1]). Ideally, the official documentation includes tutorials, but also three other forms: 1) how-to guides showing the steps for accomplishing a common goal. Think of them as extended FAQ answers. 2) simple reference docs. Your typical api-centered doc, or…
Comment linking /2021/01/02/the-problem-with-gradle/
on “How to Learn Complex Things Quickly: A Guide”Submitted The Problem with Gradle as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHere's a few more, from my Feedly: Julia Evans - https://jvns.ca/ Fabien Sanglard - https://fabiensanglard.net/ Rachel - http://rachelbythebay.com/w/ Bruce Eckel - https://bruceeckel.substack.com/ (old blog @ https://www.bruceeckel.com/ ) Blobs in Games - https://simblob.blogspot.com/ Astrid dot tech - https://astrid.tech/ Brendan Gregg - https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/ Stargirl Flowers - https://blog.thea.codes/
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on “Ask HN: Favorite blog in 2024?”Submitted Python Extensions with Rust and Go as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> But I just mean that not every language needs to aim to be a top 5 language. I wonder about the extent to which this is true. One of my primary considerations in picking the language for a product is economic fit. Once you get outside of the top 10 or so, I think you need an especially strong set of niche-specific positives to offset the negatives of a small community. As an example, for fun I've been working on a…
Comment linking /2015/08/29/what-i-do/
on “The Road to Scala 3”Submitted Python Extensions with Rust and Go as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNo, Gradle's documentation is really terrible. There is just no easy path to learn it - you will with time and pain learn a bit of the interface, but deep down it remains mostly unfanthonable, unnecessarily complex and filled with strange quirks. Bruce Eckel had pretty much the same experience as myself: https://www.bruceeckel.com/2021/01/02/the-problem-with-gradl... Everone "learns" Gradle by copy-pasting snippets…
Comment linking /2021/01/02/the-problem-with-gradle/
on “Gradle 7.0”Submitted Python Extensions with Rust and Go as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unspoken Assumptions Underlying OO Design Maxims as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Python Extensions with Rust and Go as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Python Extensions with Rust and Go as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unspoken Assumptions Underlying OO Design Maxims as a story · 1 points
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